Why Your Bird Needs an Avian Veterinarian, How To Tell If You REALLY Have One....

[Shirley]

Why Your Bird Needs an Avian Veterinarian,

How To Find One, and

How To Tell If You REALLY Have One....


Upon acquiring a bird, regardless its age or history, it is in the best interest of the bird, you and your home, and your other birds that it be seen by an avian veterinarian. This articles covers many aspects of this important exam. A few of the points covered are listed below:

So What Exactly Is An Avian Veterinarian?

How Do You FIND These Vets?

How To Tell If You REALLY HAVE An Avian Vet

Proper Teaching (for follow-up home care and dispensing of meds)

The article linked below was written by Liz Wilson, Certified Veterinary Technician

http://www3.upatsix.com/liz/articles/avianvets.html

[Ellen K. Cook, DVM]

Liz Wilson, CVT, the author of the above article, is a well-known and respected avian behaviorist. See her bio at:


http://www3.upatsix.com/liz/bio.html

I have heard Liz speak and she is a very knowledgeable and experienced parrot person.

[Shirley]

Thank you so much for providing these wonderful links, Dr. Cook! :D

[Jean]

These are very informative links. Thank you.

I've been convinced by our avian vets that wellness check ups are an important part of a birds well being.

When our first bird flew into us the second thing I did after trying to find her old home was contact an avian vet so she could be seen and I knew she was alright. Little did we know then she would suffer from esophagus cancer in the months ahead.

When we adopted Elvie as a baby the first thing we did was take him for a wellness check up with an avian vet even though he looked healthy and beautiful we were assured he was as healthy as he looked. His first visit consisted of a thorough exam to include stool, crop exam and blood work. That put us at ease knowing he was certified healthy by his avian vet. We take him once a year for a wellness exam just because our avian vets have recommended it. I've made it a practice to put back 40.00 a month to help cover his medical exams. Then it doesn't hit me nearly so hard all at once.

[Ellen K. Cook, DVM]

Liz Wilson, CVT, the author of the above article, is a well-known and respected avian behaviorist. See her bio at:


http://www3.upatsix.com/liz/bio.html

I have heard Liz speak and she is a very knowledgeable and experienced parrot person.

This is the quote I liked in Liz Wilson's bio-this woman is a REAL behaviorist, with credentials to back it up:

"two years ago, she founded the Association of Parrot Behavior Professionals [APBP] and has served on its Board Of Directors since its inception. She has recently started to work with the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants (http://www.iaabc.org/) and is serving on their Commission for Accreditation and the Avian Commission, as well as their Journal Review Board."

[gary&chloe]

What an incredible link on "Do you have a real avian vet." I soooooo appreciate who every put that link out there. That is GOOD stuff.

I know Dr. Clubb is a real avian vet but she is 200 miles round trip away. I would like someone in this area.

That link covered everything I have tried and things that have happened to me. I used the vet that the pet store recommended... until they got mad at him and recommended someone else. Then I used "the best in this area..." until he took my bird "in the back..." and told me to wait out front. Then I used a guy from Austalia who "knows birds" until he told me that my weight chart that I showed him, was useless... He fondled her breast bone. And the classic... "Her beak is uneven on this one side. We need to trim it." "Ahhhh... I would rather you didn't. That is a classic Cockatoo beak." "Who's the doctor here. My wife and I had an Umbrella for 12 years. I know Umbrella Cockatoo's." As I picked up my girl, "Well you don't know this one. And to answer your first question... It dam sure ain't you, sport."

I was shocked that the AAV central headquarters is 75 miles from me. AND there is the phone number. Needless to say, Monday morning, I will be calling.

I go for a physical exam every year, whether I need it or not, which includes a big battery of blood test. Why shouldn't my Princess have the same ???

[gary&chloe]

I just read the above post over. I was really mean to those guys. No wonder I can't find an avian vet. They have me on their black list. When I call they say "It's that jerk from Melbourne. Tell him we don't see birds."

I need to work on my people skills. I'll start next Monday....